Chapter Four – Squishy
~Prior to this insanity~
While the other discussed what to do concerning the Bliss that had befallen the apartment, Mary marched her way to the apartment both she and Gene shared, the woman a little surprised to see that the man had left the door open.
"Goodness, what in the world is he carrying on about NOW?"
Mary poked her head through the door, tip-toeing in as she shut the door behind her.
"Gene?"
No reply.
She looked around; from the looks of things, Gene had simply VANISHED into thin air. He wasn't even near his liquor cabinet!
"Oh, come on Gene! Stop this childish behavior!"
"Uuuuuuuuuurgh!"
The small woman let out a gasp as a horrid moan came from the bedroom. A twinkle came into her eye as she walked in, seeing Gene kneeling at the end of the bed, his face buried on the blankets and his body hanging limply. Even with the way things looked, Mary knew better.
Gene was ONCE AGAIN pouting his worries away.
The woman in pink snickered as she leaned against the door, her arms folding against her chest.
"So? How do you feel?"
"Leaf mef aluun…."
"Oh, so is THIS the way you're going to talk to your future wife from now on? HUH?"
Gene moved his head towards Mary but as soon as she got a better look of his eyes, her playful mood quickly vanished. The mayor looked HORRIBLE, his face filled with all sorts of worry and grief. For a moment, Mary was starting to regret coming onto Gene in such a teasing manner so she quickly went over to the bed, resting on the edge as she placed her hand atop the man's head.
"Oooh, honey. Are you really THAT worried about all of this?"
"Would it surprise you if I said YES?" the mayor pouted, sitting up a bit and putting his arms on the bed. Mary couldn't help but laugh softly as she patted Gene on the cheek.
"I don't know how many times you have to be reminded but there is nothing wrong this time dear! It's just…well, it's just a PRANK, that's all!"
"A prank?" Gene mumbled "A PRANK? DEAR, we have had enough pranks happen her for the past THIRTY-TWO YEARS to know what a PRANK is!"
The man suddenly stood up, his arms out as if he were trying to give his fiancé a better view of his newly Blissed form.
"This?! THIS ISN'T A PRANK! ITS-! ITS-!"
Before Gene could finish, he found himself being pulled forward, Mary kissing him on the lips.
"It's you…." The woman smiled, Gene blushing like mad "I will admit, I was rather shocked by what had come over us but now that things are starting to get settled? I…..I must admit that there are some things I'm starting to enjoy!"
Gene felt his stomach drop, a little unnerved that of all people MARY was starting to go along with the sudden transformation.
"You HAVE to be kidding!" Gene blurted, pulling himself away from Mary "We don't know how long this could last, we don't know if this could have any lasting effects on our code but you're ALRIGHT with it?! How?!"
"Oh please! It's not like we haven't seen people being BLISSED before! They all turned out alright!"
Gene bit his tongue; if only she knew.
The mayor cleared his throat, trying his best to regain whatever composure he had but it was clear that he was slowly losing control, at least in a sense that he was TERRIBLY embarrassed over what had happened. Things ALWAYS went like this with Gene. He always had some sort of desire or a wish but whenever he got it, he was quick to learn that the thing he truly wanted wasn't as GOOD as he thought it would be.
Case in point? His desire to have a little height over the others.
That incident still caused nightmares for the poor Nicelander.
"Really darling, you're worrying about this WAY too much!" Mary laughed, twisting around to get a better look at herself "After all, even if the effects are temporary, it's giving me a view I never thought I would see!"
The former Nicelander was still taken away by her newly designed form, enjoying the fact that her limbs were actually longer and that she actually had SHAPE to her other than that of an EGG. She didn't want to be vain about the entire thing but even she had to admit that she liked what she saw. She glanced over to Gene, the biggest of smiles forming on her face as she seemed to FLOAT over to him, wrapping her arms around him as the man let out a shocked squeak.
"And you? This Bliss made ya even more HUGGABLE than before!"
Gene turned such an unworldly shade of red at those words, his face twisting to that of a shameful frown.
"Urgh! I'm not HUGGABLE! I LOOK HORRIBLE!"
"No you dooooooon't!" Mary cooed as she looked up at Gene with big flirty eyes "You're fluffy an' blue! Just the way I like you!"
"Fluffy?! FLUFFY?!" Gene screeched, his voice seemingly getting higher the more embarrassed he became "I don't know WHAT happened during the process but LOOK AT ME!"
Gene finally managed to escape from Mary's hold and looked down at himself. Suffice to say, he did not like what he saw.
"You come out looking radiant, BEAUTIFUL….but me?"
The mayor placed a hand to his sides, then put them atop his stomach. He growled, his cheeks puffing out a bit as he began to pout.
"….I think it would be best if I HID until this is all over….."
Mary didn't say a word towards her fiancé, only looking at him in surprise as he continued to check himself out in the mirror. With his back turned, Mary's lips curled into a playful little sneer and quick as a wink-!
"GOTCHA!"
"OOF!"
She clutched onto Gene from behind, her hands squishing the soft surface of his chubby stomach.
"Pat, pat, pat!" she giggled as she softly patted the mayor's stomach, nuzzling him "Mmmm, I could hug you all day!"
"URGH! Dear! Let go!" Gene squirmed, feeling all the more uncomfortable the way Mary was holding him.
"NO."
"But I-!"
"Shhhhhh….there is no need for this…." Mary said softly "I don't see why you're so upset. You look ADORABLE."
"But I don't wanna be adorable…." Gene pouted "I wanna be HANSOM! I wanna look like the thirty-year old man I'm SUPPOSED to be!"
"But YOU do! You're just an ADORABLE, soft version of that!"
The little mayor let out a pained whine as Mary continued to cuddle him, planting a few kisses along the nape of his neck.
"I-I'm not that chubby now, am I?"
Her lips softly drifting on his cheeks, Mary gave Gene another hug.
"Let me just put it this way….on a scale of one to ten, one being REEAAAAAALY skinny and ten being HUGE, you're a-?"
"A two? A three?" A four…and a half?" the mayor asked hopefully.
"About a six…or a seven!"
"A SEVEN!?" Gene blurted out "B-but that's-!"
"I said one was REAAAAAALLY skinny! A five would be just, you know, average I guess!"
Gene looked down, putting his hands back on his stomach "M-Maybe I should cut back on the sweets…"
"Oh, like you can say now to a cookie, mister!" laughed Mary.
The mayor then let out a defeated moan as he SANK to the floor, Mary slowly going down with him.
"I hate this…."
With Gene on the floor, Mary couldn't help but giggle to herself, her hands going through his hair "You seem to hate EVERYTHING."
"That's not true!" Gene grumped.
"Then tell me ONE thing you like about this. ONE thing."
"But dear-!"
"Ah-ah, ahhhh!" Mary said in a haughty tone, wagging a finger "No complaints!"
Gene moaned again as he placed his hands to his eyes "One thing? Just ONE thing?"
"Mmm-hmmm."
"FINE!" the mayor spat, crossing his arms as he continued to lie on the ground "One thing I like about this is….is….."
He stalled.
Clearly he could think of something.
"I'm waiting, dear." Mary smiled.
Gene uncovered his eyes as he looked over at his fiancé. The more he took in her form, the more he began to feel that there was something he was starting to enjoy. He felt bad to admit it but he loved seeing Mary Blissed, his guilt coming from the fact that he didn't want her to think that he didn't find her attractive in her true form.
That could have been further from the truth. Gene LOVED Mary no matter what she looked like but if there was anything, ANYTHING that he could take away from this…
At least she was there.
The mayor smiled bashfully as he took Mary's hand, brining it down to his lips and kissing it.
"I love being with you like this."
"See! I told you, you could find something!"
Gene rolled over on his stomach, sitting up and looking at Mary sweetly "Perhaps….but it still doesn't mean I care for looking like this. I admit, it's nice being TALLER but maybe our old forms aren't that bad anymore!"
Mary poked Gene in his nose, "Okay SMARTY. Trying to pull that smug stuff NOW won't cover up the fact that you were whining like a little child moments ago!"
"Whine? When do I whine?" the mayor asked haughtily, his eyebrow arching "I'm the MAYOR here! What mature MAYOR adult PERSON HUGGY-BUNS would do something like that?"
Mary grabbed Gene by his soft and blushed cheeks, squishing them playfully.
"You would, you big blueberry…." She scoffed.
"Mmph. Why do you keep calling me that? Blueberry?"
Mary gave Gene a flirty look as she bent down, kissing the man on the cheek before nipping it softly.
"Why?" she whispered "Because I could eat you right up…."
Gene felt a spark going up his spine as Mary moved in closer, kissing the man on the cheek again before going right for his lips, the two enjoying a long kiss. Gene picked himself up, moving forward for another kiss before putting his arms on the shoulders of his fiancé.
"Wonderful…."
Mary could feel Gene's hands slipping underneath the soft fabric of her blouse but she didn't stop him. Why in the arcade would she want to? Once Gene had finally gotten to his knees, she wrapped her long legs around him, drawing herself closer as she wrapped her own arms around him.
"Ya know, BIG GENE, maybe we should go check on the others?" Mary said in a tone of faux concern.
Gene could only look on with a devilish look, undoing the buttons on Mary's blouse.
"Pfft, they're all smart enough not to pull something stupid."
"Oh, YES they are…." Mary said, starting to undo Gene's tie "They don't need us!"
Gene started to kiss Mary along the nape of her neck, his mustache tickling her soft, sweet skin. He kissed her once, he kissed her twice and then he started to go lower.
And lower…
And lower.
And…..
"A-AH! Gene!"
*BOOM!*
Mary let out a terrified scream as she jumped up and clutched onto Gene, her body shaking in fright.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT?!"
Gene looked around in panic, still holding onto his fiancé.
"I don't-!"
"LET G-MMMPH!"
"ALRIGHT! LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!"
"Lucile?!"
The sound of thundering footsteps filled the entire building but the sound quickly faded as it drifted down to the lower levels of the apartment. Gene and Mary looked at each other in confusion, slowly walking on their knees and peeking out through the window, making sure they were still low enough for no one to notice them. Much to their shock, who should come BOUNDING out from the front doors but the very Nicelander the two had called before.
LUCY.
"What in the world is she doing?!"
"Okay, ready to go?" the young woman squealed in delight.
"I swear, if we get in trouble for this-" growled Don, pulling the girl back before she ran towards the trolley.
"Just keep those lips of yours buttoned and things should be just fine, big guy!"
Oh yeah. This was happening!
Lucy had led a break out!
"How in the world did she get past FELIX?!" asked Mary, standing up and watching in utter awe as the others boarded the trolley and swiftly left the game. Gene looked up and made a mad rush for the door.
"DEAR! YOUR PANTS!"
"GAH!"
After looking through the entire apartment, both Nicelanders found not a trace or clue of Felix or any of the other remaining Nicelanders. For all they knew, they were the only ones left in the entire building. Gene could feel the oncoming headache as he rubbed his temples, his cheeks flushing red in anger.
"Really. They can take care of themselves. THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES!"
"We have to go out for them, don't we?" Mary said in a worried tone.
Gene thought for a moment; if he were in his right mind, he would LET his neighbors get caught by Ralph and Calhoun, letting them suffer the much deserved tongue-lashing for breaking out after being told NOT to.
But then again, they were his friends. He just couldn't let them take the brunt of EVERYTHING. After all, who knew what kind of trouble they could get in especially with LUCY of all people leading them.
The mayor knew what he had to do! As leader of the Nicelanders, it was his responsibility to ensure that they were safe, no matter how stupid the situation was or how far the journey would take them.
"We need to go!" Gene said, grabbing onto Mary's hand and pulling her from the penthouse.
"Go?! GO WHERE?!"
"Where else? The station!" Gene called out, going into the elevator. As the two began their journey from the apartments, they failed to notice two figures looking out from one of the apartment doors.
"Do ya think they saw us?!" asked the first voice.
"Oh GOD, I hope not!"
*BAM! BAM! BAM!*
"Da hell is THAT?!"